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Personal info

Full name
FORJAN, Warren Alvin
Date of birth
5 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pennsburg, Montgemery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33833262
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Altengrabow, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 8 15

Immediate family

Members
Joseph F. Forjan (father)
Helen M. (Sine) Forjan (mother)
Joseph R. Forjan (brother)
Ethel L. Forjan (sister)

More information

Pfc Warren A. Forjan attended Sellperk High School in Sellersville for four years and was a toolmaker.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1943.

He was taken prisoner of war in the vicinity of Gürzenich, Germany on 16 December 1944. He was held in Stalag III-A in Luckenwalde, Germany. At the time of his death, he was in the hospital of Stalag XI-A in Altenbrabow. He died of heart failure, beri-beri and starvation.

He was initially buried at the cemetery of Altengrabow.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com, IDPF of Lawrence Block / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com , Niek Schoonbrood